Jymaal Cox, a 33-year-old Mattapan man, was shot to death on New Year’s Day near Mattapan Square, according to Boston Police. Officers responded to 1601 Blue Hill Ave. just before 6 a.m. on Sunday for reports of gunshots and fighting among a large group of people.

According to Universal Hub and the website Live Boston, the murder was associated with a nearby house party that had started the night before and turned violent in the early morning hours.

Police noted that Cox was pronounced dead on the scene from apparent gunshot wounds. A second person was also shot, according to the police account, but his injuries were not considered life-threatening. Anyone with information is urged to contact Boston Police Homicide detectives at 617-343-4470.
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Four traffic stops, four gun arrests – Four men were arrested last week in traffic stops that resulted in the discovery of illegal firearms, according to Boston Police. The first incident occurred just after 1 a.m. on Wed., Dec. 28 when officers assigned to B-2 responded to a ShotSpotter activation on Hartford Street — an indication that gunshots had been fired nearby. Officers who spotted a car “circling the area” pulled the vehicle over on Bird Street,. where officers found a loaded Smith & Wesson handgun in the vehicle and arrested a passenger, Joel Winslow, for illegal possession, receiving stolen property, and discharging the weapon.

That same day, when officers assigned to District 11 stopped a vehicle driven by 32-year-old Gequann Perry of Roxbury for operating with a revoked registration, a police search of the car turned up an unregistered, loaded Smith & Wesson firearm.

On Thurs., Dec. 29, police spotted a 35-year-old Canton man, Charles Hester, for speeding on Dorchester Avenue. He was pulled over on Washington Street near Codman Square, where he was found to be operating with an expired license. Police searched his vehicle and found a fully loaded 9mm handgun, which was not registered. Police say it is Hester’s second firearm offense.

On New Year’s Eve afternoon, police arrested a 25-year-old Dorchester man after they pulled him over for driving with “excessively dark tinted windows” near Four Corners. The driver, later identified by police as Tamari Tubbs, was stopped on Standish Street where police attached to the Youth Violence Strike Force say they recovered a loaded 9mm Smith & Wesson handgun in the car. Tubbs faces arraignment on illegal gun and ammunition charges.